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The Investigation Discovery series "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV" uncovers the toxic, destructive culture that child actors endured on the set of Nickelodeon TV shows.
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Drake Bell said he turned to "destructive behaviors" after a Nickelodeon dialogue coach sexually abused him when he was a teenager.
In the Investigation Discovery series "Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV," Bell said he was sexually abused by Nickelodeon dialogue coach Brian Peck.
In 2003, Peck was sentenced to 16 months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. Bell remained anonymous as the minor involved in the case.
In an interview with Business Insider, Bell, who starred on Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show" and "Drake and Josh," described Nickelodeon as a "factory" where child stars were "expendable."
"I experienced a lot of great things in my life, in my career during all this time," Bell said in "Quiet On Set." "But it was so overshadowed and ruined by what I was dealing with on the inside."
In subsequent years, Bell turned to "destructive behaviors" such as drinking excessively in an effort to "escape as best I could with the tools that I had," he told BI.
"Going through therapy, going through rehab, and getting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and see another side of life has been really great," Bell said. "And hopefully I can continue to walk that path."
After Bell's appearance on "Quiet on Set," Nickelodeon said in a statement shared with Deadline, "Now that Drake Bell has disclosed his identity as the plaintiff in the 2004 case, we are dismayed and saddened to learn of the trauma he has endured, and we commend and support the strength required to...